Awards for scholastic achievement and service have been presented to graduating Hope College seniors.

The awards honor students for achievement in specific areas of study and service. The students were recognized during an honors convocation on Thursday, April 29. The Southland Medal (Gerrit H. Albers Gold Medal), which is awarded to the outstanding woman of the senior class, was presented to Amanda Lee Schneider of Birmingham. The American Association of University Women Award was presented to Courtenay R. Michmerhuizen of Holland. The winner of the John Schouten Award for the outstanding female student-athlete was Rebecca Joy Timmer of Pella, Iowa. The Otto Vander Velde All Campus Award was presented to Adam David Paarlberg of Alto. Amanda Lee Schneider of Birmingham and Palesa P. Mazamisa of Rondebosch, South Africa, were presented the M. Harold Mikle Prizes for Communication. Kevin Wayne Paulisse of Grandville was recognized as the recipient of a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Technos International Prizes were awarded to Karen N. McKeown of Ann Arbor and Julie Kristen Meyers of Wheaton, Ill. Shanna Claire Ten Clay of Grandville was honored as recipient of a United States Air Force Health Professions Scholarship. Daniel Jacob Patterson of Holland and Jeffrey Allen Trytko of Mount Morris, Ill. received the Herman Miller Art Awards. David (Travis) Williams of Holland earned the Biology Service Award. The Patterson Memorial Prize in Biology was presented to Jason Kohl Roberts of Lexington. The Almon T. Godfrey Prize in Chemistry was presented to Kevin Wayne Paulisse of Grandville. Rebecca Joy Timmer of Pella, Iowa, received the duPont Company Award for Research in Chemistry. The American Institute of Chemists' Award was presented to Lori Jean Guse of Cassopolis. Jill Suzanne Leatherman was presented with the Lambda Pi Eta Book Award in communication. The Boundy Computer Science Award was received by Nathan Oostendorp of Zeeland; and James Nathan Vanderhyde of Comstock Park was the winner of the Computer Science Senior Prize. Teresa Renee Musselman of St. Louis and Adam David Paarlberg of Alto were awarded the Allan C. Kinney Memorial Awards, which are presented to the outstanding graduating seniors majoring in economics and business administration. The Outstanding Student in Management Accounting Award was presented to Kimberly Sue Bos of Kalamazoo. David S. DeHommel of Jenison and Elizabeth L. Yared of Grand Rapids received the Awards for Outstanding Accounting Students. Nikolai I. Petrakov of Kazanlak, Bulgaria, received the Wall Street Journal Award. Sarah Lyn Van Spronsen of Grand Rapids was the winner of the Marguerite E. Kinkema Special Education Award, while the winners of the Egbert Winter Education Awards were Gregory Adam Kobylak of Troy and Melissa Durbin Manchester of Hartland. The Clarence De Graaf English Award was presented to Andrew Lang of Plainwell. The Erika Brubaker '92 Awards for Proficiency in Literature were presented to Christina Marie Malkowski of Free Soil and Jill Marie Pierson of Batavia, Ill. The Sandrene Schutt Award for Proficiency in Literature was presented to Jodie Leigh Grabill of Grant. The Tulip City Gem and Mineral Awards were presented to Erik John Hiemstra of Wyoming and Kimberly Lei Lake of Dublin, Ohio. The Ray De Young History Prize was awarded to Ryan J. Ondersma of Holland, while James Matthew Hilmert of Fort Wayne, Ind., received the Miles Award in Law. Tasha Ann Guild of Eaton Rapids and Andrew John Norden of Jenison received the Lawrence "Doc" Green Awards in Athletic Training. Renee Mae Carlson of Hastings and Christopher Vander Slice of New Era received Dorothy and Russell Siedentop Awards, presented to outstanding members of the basketball teams. Recipients of the William and Mabel Vanderbilt Sr. Family Awards in kinesiology were Andrew Joseph Fate of Kalamazoo, Jay Benjamin Leitz of DeWitt, Matthew Todd McPherson of Otsego, Matthew Allen Putnam of Greenville, Sarah Marie Sexton of Frankfort, Ill., and Heather Dawn Velting of Byron Center. James Nathan Vanderhyde of Comstock Park received the Albert E. Lampen Mathematics Prize. Several students were honored for achievement in the study of a foreign language. Ryan Edward Shaw of West Branch received the Eta Sigma Phi Book Prize, and the Marguerite Prins French Award was presented to Julie Kristen Meyers of Wheaton, Ill. Jason Robert Divozzo of Oak Park was awarded the Barbara E. Geeting Memorial Award in German, and Julie Helene Twietmeyer of Canton received the Laura Alice Boyd Memorial Award in German. The Delta Omicron Senior Honor Award was presented to Caroline Elizabeth Olds of Portage, who also received the Robert W. Cavanaugh Senior Music Award. The winner of the Roger Rietberg Chapel Choir Award was Geoffrey David Abbas of Rochester, N.Y. The Senior Award for Nursing and the Christian Service Award for Nursing were given to Christina Joy Kaminskas of Grand Rapids, and the Miriam Joyce Van Eyl Award was presented to Rachel Dawn Kemink of Grandville. The Charles E. Lake Memorial Prize in Philosophy was presented to Michael Gerald Cross of Petoskey. The Douwe B. Yntema Prizes in physics and engineering were awarded to Mary Kathleen MacDermaid of Vassar and Eric John Wondergem of Johnson City, Tenn. Recipients of the James Dyke van Putten Political Science Prizes were Robb Evan Harmsen of Hamilton, Palesa P. Mazamisa of Rondebosch, South Africa, Sarah J. Rutherford of Downers Grove, Ill., and Brittan James Strangways of Jenison. Kevin Lee DeYoung of Jenison was awarded the American Bible Society Book Award, while Joshua Marlin Vis of Holland was awarded the Pietenpol Prize. Joshua David Metzler of Chelsea received the Senior Biblical Prize, while Kerri Lynn Haveman of Zeeland was presented with the Sloan- Stegeman Mission Prize. Robert Floyd Klouw of Vero Beach, Fla., and Amy Elizabeth Rife of Hartland were awarded the John Richard Vander Wilt Awards in religion. Jeanette Gustafson Memorial Gifts in social work were presented to Mary Elizabeth Wacker and Cherrylynn Marie Outcalt, both of Indianapolis, Ind. The Senior Sociology Awards was presented to Katherine G. Bawinkel of Holland, while Joy Rebecca Hankamp of Marne received the Social Work Senior Award. The recipients of the Theatre Department Senior Prizes were Geoffrey David Abbas of Rochester, N.Y., and David Karsten Theune of Spring Lake. Christina Marie Malkowski of Free Soil received the Brad Williams Memorial Award. The Kent Medical Foundation Award was presented to Todd Patrick Chassee of Wyoming.